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Inacurrate documentation regarding return type of math.factorial #81290
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| BPO | 37109 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @csabella, @tirkarthi |
| Superseder |
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closed_at = <Date 2019-05-31.09:29:34.573>
created_at = <Date 2019-05-31.08:52:17.040>
labels = ['3.8', 'docs']
title = 'Inacurrate documentation regarding return type of math.factorial'
updated_at = <Date 2019-05-31.16:44:19.565>
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activity = <Date 2019-05-31.16:44:19.565>
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closed_date = <Date 2019-05-31.09:29:34.573>
closer = 'Antony.Lee'
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issue_num = 37109
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue37109'
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anntzer commentedon May 31, 2019
https://docs.python.org/3/library/math.html says
The following functions are provided by this module. Except when explicitly noted otherwise, all return values are floats.
and
but math.factorial returns an int (which is perfectly reasonable and just needs to be documented):
In [3]: math.factorial(5)
Out[3]: 120
tirkarthi commentedon May 31, 2019
Is this same as bpo-25735 ?
anntzer commentedon May 31, 2019
oops, missed that, thanks for pointing that out.
csabella commentedon May 31, 2019
Thanks for pointing out the other issue. I've now merged it.